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August LC Thread **Survivor White House Edition**

View Poll Results: Who will NOT survive the month of August?

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III

4 8.70%

John Kelly

6 13.04%

Jared Kushner

3 6.52%

Wilbur Ross

4 8.70%

Ben Carson

2 4.35%

Rudy Giuliani

11 23.91%

Sarah Huckabee Sanders

4 8.70%

Kellyanne Conway

0 0%

Rod Rosenstein

8 17.39%

Write-in

4 8.70%

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08-20-2018 , 12:28 AM

#1201

6ix

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 4,783

Quote:

Originally Posted by zikzak

I know it sounds like the punchline of a dumb joke and I'm not showing the sensitivity or whatever qualities I'm supposed to have as an enlightened human, but I'm honestly struggling to see the downside in a 17 year old getting paid $380k to **** Asia Argento.

Quote:

Originally Posted by zikzak

Oh hell yeah, she sounds all sorts of ****ed up and shouldn't be allowed near children. But, uh, I've been a 17 year old male. Honestly, how traumatized to you think this guy is actually going to be? I'm gonna have to go with "not even a tiny bit".

SON FATHER I AM DISAPPOINT

08-20-2018 , 12:33 AM

#1202

6ix

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 4,783

But srsly when you're 17, 37 seems old. So, there's this old lady grabbing your junk and freaking you out. Sure, the dynamic of a female aggressor and male victim will always be at least slightly different, but consent is consent.

08-20-2018 , 12:39 AM

#1203

microbet

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Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,075

I don't think it would have permanently traumatized me, but a 37yo lady grabbing my junk might have freaked me out a bit to be honest even if she was that hot. I certainly wasn't Mr. Smooth when an 18 year old girl did it when I was 17.

And having kids in this age range I can see how old people look in their eyes even when they look young to my old eyes.

08-20-2018 , 12:42 AM

#1204

zikzak

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When I was 17 Madeleine Albright could have been grabbing my junk and it would have been the greatest thing in the world.

08-20-2018 , 12:43 AM

#1205

suzzer99

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 99,986

But the whole thing of them calling each other mommy and son over the years makes it extra weird. If you read the NY Times story the kid sounds like kind of a mess anyway. And he accuses his parents of stealing $1.5M of money he earned on movies because of course.

08-20-2018 , 12:46 AM

#1206

All-In Flynn

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Quote:

Originally Posted by zikzak

When I was 17 Madeleine Albright could have been grabbing my junk and it would have been the greatest thing in the world.

What about someone you'd known since you were seven who was basically an honorary aunt? I mean I get what you're saying, but it's about more than a checklist of 'was seventeen' etc.

08-20-2018 , 01:04 AM

#1207

microbet

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Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,075

NYT story is pretty gross. Apparently he demanded money a month after her story with Weinstein came out. According to his lawyer her presenting herself as a victim was too much for him to bear.

08-20-2018 , 02:28 AM

#1208

OmgGlutten!

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Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 5,273

Lucky kid.

08-20-2018 , 03:04 AM

#1209

Johnny Truant

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I guess I imagine I’d like to have sex with the woman in the google image that comes up, but the actual woman? If she knew me as a 7 year old? Abstract, idk, I guess it’s an okay fantasy but it’s probably a lot different irl.

08-20-2018 , 03:09 AM

#1210

OmgGlutten!

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 5,273

Quote:

The boy had previously played her son in a movie. The movie was called, "The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things". He was seven at the time of shooting, in 2004. Asia Argento directed it, and wrote the screenplay. Here is an excerpt from Roger Ebert's review:

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The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things" opens with young Jeremiah (Jimmy Bennett), taken at 7 from the home he loves and the people he considers his parents, and returned to the custody of his mother Sarah (Argento). She shoves a toy rabbit in his face, promises him good times, throws a paper plate of Spaghetti-Os in front of him, and tells him, "If my father had let me, you would have been flushed down some toilet."

Would social workers actually turn a child over to this mother? She dresses like a hooker because she is one. Jeremiah is sometimes in the same room as she services her tricks, and is introduced to a series of temporary daddies. Sarah "marries" one them (Jeremy Renner) and when the newlyweds head to Atlantic City on their honeymoon, they lock the child in the house with instructions not to answer the phone. "There are cheese slices in the fridge," his mother says helpfully. The man returns alone ("She run out on me") and rapes the boy.

There are beatings all through the film, and more disturbing than any of them is a scene where the little boy thinks he has been bad and solemnly offers a belt to one of the men, so that he can be beaten. There is a bizarre episode when he is collected from a shelter by his grandparents (Peter Fonda and Ornella Muti), who are sadistic fundamentalists. After a flash-forward, Jeremiah, now 11 and played by the twins Dylan and Cole Sprouse, is a sidewalk preacher in a little suit and tie. His mother finds him again and drags him back into her life, which for a time involves sharing the cab of a long-haul trucker. And on, and on, and on.

What in the holy hell? Why would anyone allow their child to be apart of such a film? Why the hell would anyone make this movie?

08-20-2018 , 03:45 AM

#1211

StimAbuser

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Quote:

Originally Posted by OmgGlutten!

What in the holy hell? Why would anyone allow their child to be apart of such a film? Why the hell would anyone make this movie?

His parents sounds like really awful people.

Quote:

Mr. Bennett claimed his parents had barred him from the family’s house and kept his possessions, and over the years had cheated him out of at least $1.5 million in earnings.

She made the movie because she's a sick and twisted individual.

08-20-2018 , 03:46 AM

#1212

markksman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by microbet

Blackkklansman

That was my original 2+2 handle.

08-20-2018 , 08:29 AM

#1213

bobman0330

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Rule of thumb for life #1: even if you think of a clever defense for a sex predator, you probably should just not share it.
Rule of thumb for life #2: “maybe the victim really wanted it” is not such a defense.

08-20-2018 , 08:36 AM

#1214

dth123451

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"I remember when I was in high school and I definitely would have loved ****ing her" is a pretty big tell that it's time to reexamine your entire view of the world, starting from scratch. Just such an atrocious take.

08-20-2018 , 08:37 AM

#1215

jalfrezi

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Quote:

Originally Posted by zikzak

Yeah, although if it's true she clearly broke the law, wtf is this nonsense about a 17 year old male complaining about being seduced by an attractive older woman?

In the UK the age of consent for everyone is 16, which seems a lot more sensible.

Last edited by jalfrezi; 08-20-2018 at 08:43 AM.

08-20-2018 , 10:46 AM

#1216

MrWookie

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Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 94,159

"Rape isn't so bad if you're pretty sure the victim actually wanted it" is a pretty horrible take.

08-20-2018 , 10:50 AM

#1217

microbet

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I don't think enough people have made that post yet.

08-20-2018 , 11:08 AM

#1218

+rep_lol

banned

Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 14,900

man im sorry but i just dont have it in me to be scornful towards the woman in these "she sexually assaulted me" type scenarios. 17 years old lol that dude is a punk ***** if he didn't enjoy it

08-20-2018 , 11:18 AM

#1219

Jake Tapper Face

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08-20-2018 , 11:18 AM

#1220

Johnny Truant

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The attempts to trigger the libs by saying the “bad words” is just as flacid coming from our own team as it is from the dumbest trumpkin. It’s much less impressive to witness than it must feel to do it—think the diaper safe space protest.

Just thought you should know.

08-20-2018 , 11:41 AM

#1221

chezlaw

Limey Bastard

Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 47,053

Quote:

Originally Posted by jalfrezi

Part of misogynistic society is that boys can't possibly be emotionally harmed by predatory older people having 'consensual' sex with them while girls are so much more emotionally weak and feeble. Part of this is that boys who are victims more or less get forced to brag and be all macho about it - otherwise people will attack them as not being real men etc

The actual age of consent is a red herring. Whatever the local laws, 40-17 is generally more of a concern than 16-15.

08-20-2018 , 12:29 PM

#1222

ScreaminAsian

For President

Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 33,333

her name should be italy argento

08-20-2018 , 01:21 PM

#1223

jalfrezi

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Quote:

Originally Posted by chezlaw

Your theorising is all very well but is at odds with reality. Although the law correctly supports them equally, yes (shock!) mid/late teen boys boys have generally different levels of vulnerability and resistance to sexual coercion to girls. They are obviously far less likely to feel physically intimidated into having sexual contact with the opposite sex.

Saying that both sexes are equally likely to suffer from trauma in cases like this is ridiculous, and does a huge disservice to the many teenage girls who suffer sexual abuse.

08-20-2018 , 01:25 PM

#1224

DeuceKicker

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Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,359

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeuceKicker

Writing in the second assistant to the deputy Press Secretary, whoever that is.

White House speechwriter who attended white nationalist event is fired

I'm totally claiming victory

08-20-2018 , 01:39 PM

#1225

chezlaw

Limey Bastard

Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 47,053

Quote:

Originally Posted by jalfrezi

Protection for boys is no disservice to protection for girls. The only disservice going on here is to victims who feel unable to speak out because they should be 'real men'.

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